Indian summer monsoon: Extreme events, historical changes, and role of anthropogenic forcings

D Singh, S Ghosh, MK Roxy… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The South Asian summer monsoon is a complex coupled human‐natural system that poses
unique challenges for understanding its evolution alongside increasing anthropogenic …

Atmospheric new particle formation in India: current understanding and knowledge gaps

VP Kanawade, M Sebastian, RK Hooda… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - Elsevier
Atmospheric new particle formation (NPF), via gas-to-particle conversion, is the largest
source of aerosol numbers to the terrestrial atmosphere. NPF produces about half of the …

Declining pre-monsoon dust loading over South Asia: Signature of a changing regional climate

SK Pandey, V Vinoj, K Landu, SS Babu - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Desert dust over the Indian region during pre-monsoon season is known to strengthen
monsoon circulation, by modulating rainfall through the elevated heat pump (EHP) …

Two decades of aerosol observations by AATSR, MISR, MODIS and MERRA-2 over India and Indian Ocean

J Kuttippurath, S Raj - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Atmospheric aerosols play key roles in radiation budget, ecosystem dynamics, air quality
and cloud microphysics of a region and thus, they greatly influence the global climate …

Identifying the natural and anthropogenic drivers of absorbing aerosols using OMI data and HYSPLIT model over South Asia

H Nawaz, S Tariq, Z Haq, U Mehmood - Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health, 2023 - Springer
Aerosols absorption contributes significantly to the total radiative effects of aerosols and so
an important component of radiative forcing estimates. Therefore, this study explores the …

Recent increase in winter hazy days over Central India and the Arabian Sea

A Thomas, C Sarangi, VP Kanawade - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Indian subcontinent is greatly vulnerable to air pollution, especially during the winter
season. Here, we use 15 years (2003–2017) of satellite and model reanalysis datasets over …

Interactive effects of changing stratospheric ozone and climate on tropospheric composition and air quality, and the consequences for human and ecosystem health

SR Wilson, S Madronich, JD Longstreth… - Photochemical & …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The composition of the air we breathe is determined by emissions, weather, and
photochemical transformations induced by solar UV radiation. Photochemical reactions of …

Aerosol climatology over South and Southeast Asia: Aerosol types, vertical profile, and source fields

T Banerjee, AS Shitole, A Mhawish… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aerosol climatology during typical haze dominating period over South and Southeast Asia
was explored using several Earth‐Observing A‐Train satellite products retrieved in between …

Surprising changes in aerosol loading over India amid COVID-19 lockdown

SK Pandey, V Vinoj - Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 2021 - aaqr.org
Using ground-based and satellite observation along with aerosol reanalysis products, we
show a widespread reduction in aerosol loading over the Indian subcontinent during the …

Investigation of PM2. 5 mass concentration over India using a regional climate model

SH Bran, R Srivastava - Environmental Pollution, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Seasonal variation of PM 2.5 (Particulate Matter< 2.5 μm) mass concentration
simulated from WRF-Chem (Weather Research and Forecasting coupled with Chemistry) …